My dad was able to get a cabin in North Carolina for the week through his company, and this girl takes advantage of every opportunity to go see something different on the cheap. (Can we say free lodging??)
The kids and I spent almost as much time driving as we did actually at the cabin, but it was worth it. They were captive for about 10 hours over two days while we were on the road, which meant they had to listen to me sing! ;)
Okay, I lied. I sang, they blared dubstep in their ears to drown me out. But every now and again I would nudge whoever drew the short straw to be my passenger/navigator to point out something interesting (are those mountains or clouds? They're mountains! No...they're clouds.)
The cabin was beautiful. Two-stories sitting on the top of a small mountain.
We tried convincing the kids that the outhouse behind the cabin was the only bathroom.
I know the cabin had running well water (which the kids declared delicious), electricity and a woodburning stove, but it was still rustic. It didn't even have wifi!
Because she couldn't be on Facebook (lucky for me it DID have 4G ;) ), I have a sneaky suspicion my daughter stayed up too late reading her new book using a new-to-her booklight after I sent her to bed. Luckily we still had cell service or Christopher might have had an apoplexy. As it was he got to talk to Beth until 11-something.
The only thing I wanted to do Saturday morning was curl up in a rocking chair with a blanket and a steaming mug of coffee, and chit chat with my Dad. And I did it! It lasted all of about 15 minutes, because Daddy needed to go in the house for something, it was only about 36 degrees outside and my coffee got cold very much quick.
Then we went for a walk in the woods. When I was growing up we used to do that all the time. Daddy would take us camping at Clark Hill (when it was still Clark Hill and you could go anywhere you wanted to without paying a day-use fee) and we'd all spend hours walking through the woods and running from snakes. I still love it...in winter....when the snakes are safely asleep underground.
We left about noon thirty and my plan had been to mosey on back, stopping wherever we felt like. I did have a mission to stop in Helen and make unfavorable comparisons to the real towns in Germany. Of course, since it's been now 2 1/2 years since I went to Germany, I don't remember anymore! The weather was cold and rainy, and I do remember that. But except for the major cities that look more like Augusta than Helen, I don't ever remember seeing that many people. Well...maybe the Hauptstrasse...
You can't see the people in this picture, but I promise they were there. And here I thought we were the only crazy people to be out walking around in such weather.
The only other stops we made were potty breaks. Too many of them, but you know how that goes. As much as I wanted to stop and see sights, I really wanted to get back into familiar territory by dark. We only got lost twice on the way and I figured that was adventure enough.
Tax time is in a month or two. Time to start planning our next adventure!
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